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john brennan answered questions about the administration's controversial drone strike program. >> now brennan defended the use of drones but he backed off supporting another cia tactic in the war on terror, water boarding. danielle nottingham has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: protestors hem up the start of john brennan's senate confirmation hearing. >> as the president's nominee -- >> reporter: officers removed demonstrators upset over the u.s. drone strike program brennan helped manage. the president's pick for cia director then faced senators. lawmakers recently got a look at a secret document explaining why the obama administration believes drone strikes can also target americans who join with terrorists overseas. >> it's the idea of giving any president unfettered power to kill an american without checks and balances that is to troubling. >> reporter: brennan defended the policy. >> president has insisted that any actions we take will be legally grounded. >> reporter: brennan was up for cia director in 2009, but withdrew his name from consideration after questions arose abo
john brennan answered questions about the administration's controversial drone strike program. >> now brennan defended the use of drones but he backed off supporting another cia tactic in the war on terror, water boarding. danielle nottingham has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: protestors hem up the start of john brennan's senate confirmation hearing. >> as the president's nominee -- >> reporter: officers removed demonstrators upset over the u.s. drone strike...
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john brennan is going to be on capitol hill for his confirmation hearing to be the next head of the c.i.a. he is considered to be the architect of the drone strike program. >>> the white house has begun an effort to post poan automatic spending cuts known as the came zester. president obama called on congress to pass a small budget now to postpone deep reductions in domestic and defense spending that would start march 1. >> government spending, what the president believes creates economic growth, we shouldn't be having any of these problems at all. >> house speaker john boehner says he doesn't want another temporary fix if there's no long-term agreement to reduce the deficit. some house republicans have indicated they will let the steep automatic cuts take effect. those would take a huge bite out of military and domestic programs. >>> democrats in the virginia state senate have rejected two amendments that would have provided funding for transportation projects in the state. one of the amendments would replace governor mcdonnell's retail sales tax increase with a narrow 5.5% wholesale tax
john brennan is going to be on capitol hill for his confirmation hearing to be the next head of the c.i.a. he is considered to be the architect of the drone strike program. >>> the white house has begun an effort to post poan automatic spending cuts known as the came zester. president obama called on congress to pass a small budget now to postpone deep reductions in domestic and defense spending that would start march 1. >> government spending, what the president believes creates...
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john brennan is expected to face tough questions regarding america's policy for drone attacks. a justice department memo about drone attacks was leaked this week and it spells out obama's orders to kill americans working with al qaeda. some want to question brendan about the policy because he's considered the architect of america's drone program. >>> the president has directed the justice department to hand over the classified information about these drone strikes. it will include the legal rationale for the drone strikes against americans who are linked to the terror organizations. >>> since 1863, americans have been able to count on saturday mail delivery. but budget cuts are forcing the u.s. postal service to cut out saturday service. the post office says it will still deliver packages on saturday but letters and magazines will be limited to monday through friday. the move is expected to save $2 million a year but that's still short of the $16 million the postal service last last year alone. >>> maryland residents are speaking out in a big way about gun control in the free s
john brennan is expected to face tough questions regarding america's policy for drone attacks. a justice department memo about drone attacks was leaked this week and it spells out obama's orders to kill americans working with al qaeda. some want to question brendan about the policy because he's considered the architect of america's drone program. >>> the president has directed the justice department to hand over the classified information about these drone strikes. it will include the...